Break Weekend...

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Really could have used this weekend to finish a few projects for the Vintage with Flair Christmas Market that is coming up quick... BUT I didn't... I took a break from making anything and had a total lazy weekend with Pickly... and Saturday night I went out dancing with my lovely friend Jan... 

Did you do partake in any Halloween festivities this weekend?...

We had a ton of fun... five hours of dancing... one of my toes is still numb... yep...  we DANCED!... haha...

Now it's back to working on pieces for the Christmas market... after I finish my work days of "workin for the man"... This week of evenings will be filled with glitter, paint, fake snow and late nights... this weekend too... I aim to have everything wrapped up and ready to be packed up Sunday evening as if it's being delivered and setup on Monday... I'ma need next week to get my house ready for my parent's visit starting on November 8!...   

Here are a couple of wreaths that require some finishing touches... just some neat backing and a little ribbon to dress them up for the holidays...

I'm hooked on huge papery wreaths at the moment!... I'm going to have to make one for us for the house!... This white one is made from about 600 large coffee filters and a pool noodle... hehehe... 

I've got a couple garlands/buntings done too that will be coming to the sale on November 9... this sweet one below is made with handmade pompoms that have been cut down to produce dense little snowballs... then I threaded them onto some red and white bakers twine!... it's so sweet in person!...  I have poms enough to make a second one for the sale!... I will have very limited amounts of everything!... 

Stay tuned for a few more sneaky peaks of items that I will be bringing to the Vintage with Flair Christmas Market!... or check out Feathering My Nest on Facebook!

xo

Lacey

Vintage with Flair!…

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A giant THANK YOU! to everyone who came out on Saturday... it was a great positive day… a little ray of sunshine in an otherwise grey sad weekend… 

Here is a recap of the sale!… 

Booth setup began on Thursday afternoon just before announcements started coming out about evacuations around parts of Calgary… it rained off and on down in Priddis… 

Check out my 709 Derby Girls T-Shirt!… just representing the girls back home is all!… 

Luckily I had rented a uhaul to bring all of my items down to the location!… I didn't REALLY realize how many items I had until we filled the uhaul AND our truck!…

A few weeks back I rustled up some vintage acme dingo daisy cowboy boots to go with the cream lace dress I picked up to wear at the sale… yeah… I matched my booth… 

The sale Friday evening was postponed...

Saturday we opened at 10 and it was steady until 3:30… and finished up at 4!… the day just disappeared!… I didn't stop all day!… 

I had a lot of positive feedback about my setup, items and pricing!… it was very encouraging…

As the sale started a little later than originally planned on Saturday I had an opportunity to breath… and to take some detail shots of things around my booth… some shots for the webpage that I have in the works… 

It was hard to part with the things I sold!… I really loved everything… luckily I know where a few of my favourite items have ended up so I will get to see them once in awhile ;)

I even have a few follow up clients that have been in touch since Saturday!… :)  I've got some exciting projects in the pipes so stay tuned for those!…

…burlap and doily pillow detail… 

…book page wreath - made with nothing but trashy romance novels… get in close and read something steamy!… hehehe

The doily bowls were not as popular as I thought they would be…  they're such pretty things to look at though!… 

…cigar boxes from Montana...

…shapely legs… 

…more legs!… 

…my favourite planter!…

…tea trolly hand painted tray… 

…my petite sweet dresser…

When all was said and done at the end of the day I had one the Best Overall Booth prize!  *squee!* 

A night stay at the Chimney Rock Bed and Breakfast!… 

Takedown was quick and pack up was even quicker… partly because my Pickle packed up the truck and partly because the items that were left fit in just the truck!… We were back home from the venue in no time!… 

…the sun was out to celebrate!… 

POP!… here's to many more successes!…

xo

Lacey

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Book Page Wreath...

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Between yesterday and today I did a little bit of work on the sheet music breakfast tray... AANNND... I started and finished this book page wreath!..

Yesterday I picked up a straw wreath form from Michales for 6.99... I had a couple books hanging around that I had tea dyed this past summer...  see here...  I was going to tie the books together in a bundle with some twine like the ones at Pottery Barn... but I didn't like the books once the covers were off... the glue on the spines was unsightly... so yesterday I started pulling all of the pages out...

...with a little paper twirling and lots of glue gunning...

...and lots of glue gun burns...

...I had pulled two books apart and covered the messy straw form...

It took longer than I had expected... I did use a large 18" wreath form... and my glue gun... that technically is my Mama's... I took it with me when I moved!.. it doesn't turn down on low thought... so it was hot hot hot... and took awhile for the glue to cool... so I spent a lot of time holding the cone rolled pages in place until the glue cooled...

...just don't read the pages of the wreath!.. hahaha... I found these books last summer... ...someone had tossed them aside... they're cheesy romance novels...

For now the wreath is hung over the sweedish couch for the front room...

Chris and I were just out in the front room looking at the wreath... it looks much larger in person than in these photos... 

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